Gas Prices........

[laylu]

i live in belton/raymore (south kc) area, and we paid $1.84/gallon today, and that was for i believe 87 oct at quiktrip, i myself have not paid over $1.90 per gallon, though my husband has, and he has to go through the triangle everyday to get to work

i myself work further south in harrisonville, and generally they are 2-10 cents cheaper varing throughout the week, so i usually gas up down there its a rarity for it to be more expensive there.

and as i recall, they did a study a couple of years ago on gas prices, and overall back then, the midwest was generally cheaper than everyone else. though since that study it may have changed, but i travel alot and from what i have seen and heard it is still generally true.

Holly

[SeVa-S13]

We're right around 1.80/1.90/2.00. Makes me sad for when the RB is running.

[skydragoness]

one of the highest places i've seen yesterday in my travels:

$2.01$2.15$2.23

Well i'm not going to that gas station. I'm going to the Mobil, (like i usually do) premium is $2.01 there. And regular is something like $1.89

As long as it doesn't start to cost as much as a gallon of milk, i'm not flipping out yet.

[Puchi]

or a gallon of bottled water for that matter.

[chiefdan]

well in houston tx it is somewhere @ 1.88-87 2.05-93 5.60-104

[ca18det_boy]

ok update......

1.95-----872.05-----892.15-----91

[PROJECTRB240SX]

NEAR MY HOME IN GILBERT, AZ AT 4 AM.

87 - $2.2189 - $2.3191 - $2.41

PHOENIX, AZ NEAR MY JOB AT 5:30 AM.

87 - $2.1989 - $2.2991 - $2.39

[PROJECTRB240SX]

TIME FOR AVGAS...... $2.05 FOR 100LL

[POS_S13]

i live in the bay area in northern cali

-2.29-2.39-2.49

[s15nc]

HA HA I the guy with the "Why lie I need a beer" sign. I used to see him every day. He was on the North avanue exit off I-75/85 in atlanta. Some of my friends brought him a beer one night when they were really drunk. Oh well to my point, I think the Arabs are using the gas to try to do there part to get rid of Bush (which I applaud). Watch gas prices fall right after the elections. The arab world really hates GW so all the countries have cut back on oil supplied to the US so the price will skyrocket. I havent complained because I am willing to pay $2 a gallon to get rid of Bush.

[ace135cc]

I think it's around $2.05 for premium around DE, maybe lower, haven't really looked at the prices that much.

[AZhitman]

Oh well to my point, I think the Arabs are using the gas to try to do there part to get rid of Bush (which I applaud). Watch gas prices fall right after the elections. The arab world really hates GW so all the countries have cut back on oil supplied to the US so the price will skyrocket. I havent complained because I am willing to pay $2 a gallon to get rid of Bush.

There's so much incorrect here, I don't know where to start...

[Cold_Zero]

Oh well to my point, I think the Arabs are using the gas to try to do there part to get rid of Bush (which I applaud). Watch gas prices fall right after the elections. The arab world really hates GW so all the countries have cut back on oil supplied to the US so the price will skyrocket. I havent complained because I am willing to pay $2 a gallon to get rid of Bush.

Two of the biggest supplies from the Middle East are Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Both of these countries have ties to the Bush Family. I dont think there is a Middle East conspiracy to oust Bush. There are sound reasons why gas prices are so high and ethnicity has nothing to do with it.

[Puchi]

OPEC does not like bush, however the Saudis have never really stuck with what OPEC decides to do. It's better for the saudis to produce more gas, at a cheaper price.

[Cold_Zero]

OPEC has typically not been a fan of the US. It also doesn’t help that the Venezuelan President claims that the US is trying to overthrow him. Venezuela is a member of OPEC and a big source of crude oil sent to the US.

[kahoots240]

I bet gas prices will go down just before election. They're all crooks they know what they are doing.

[s15nc]

I dont mind if you dissagee with what I said that is how you can discuss and learn but if you are just going to say I am wrong you are doing nothing productive. And although the Saudia's are our allies they are not happy with the ocupation of Iraq and are fallowing OPECs lead to raise crude prices. If you have a better explanation of what is going on I would love to hear it and I don't mean that sarcastically but just dont tell me "there is so much wrong with that"

[ca18det_boy]

I dont mind if you dissagee with what I said that is how you can discuss and learn but if you are just going to say I am wrong you are doing nothing productive. And although the Saudia's are our allies they are not happy with the ocupation of Iraq and are fallowing OPECs lead to raise crude prices. If you have a better explanation of what is going on I would love to hear it and I don't mean that sarcastically but just dont tell me "there is so much wrong with that"

Two of the biggest supplies from the Middle East are Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Both of these countries have ties to the Bush Family. I dont think there is a Middle East conspiracy to oust Bush. There are sound reasons why gas prices are so high and ethnicity has nothing to do with it.

/\---there is why he says that your wrong. Not all petroleum comes from the middle east. I think that you would actually be surprised to see exactly how much comes from there. I don't agree with your racial comment about the "Arabs". In fact I don't really see where this comes to play. I'm not trying to start an arguement here, I just think that we should keep to the thread topic and try and stay away from a political debate.

[SmithSR]

ANYBODY going to mention that it's nearing the FREAKIN SUMMER vacation season?

It's well known and well publicized every single year, that Americans drive more during the summer. This isn't news, but the news makes it out to be the Top Story.

Every year, prices go up.Every summer, prices go up a little more.Every Labor Day, prices peak.

After that, prices adjust.

Everything goes up in price, with no sign of ever going down. Only gasoline and the dollar flucuate.

-Gas up into summer, down into winter(consider this as gospel, especially considering it's an election year)-Cost of living goes up-Cost of goods go up-housing costs, up-food, up-utilities, up-value of the dollar, down now, up in time for election.

cost has risen on everything, not just gasoline.

Labor Day of each year is the busiest road-traveling holiday of the year, every year. Gas prices spike at that time every year, and everybody seems to forget the year before and act like this has never happened before. You gotta be kidding me, if you think this price increase is new, news, or even worth talking about.

Every year the same people say the same things, and act like they've never said the same words they're saying time and time again. Gives the news people something to get you to talk about, so the imaginative ones among us can speculate.

Instead of speculation, how about we remember last year, the year before, and the year before and notice the trend.

Everything costs more when demand goes up(summer) and supply is low(production lowered by OPEC) no news there, sorry to be the one to say it.

That's not totally true. There is some news there: that OPEC has cut production levels. That's newsworthy. That only happens....how often?

For 100 points, can anybody here tell me when was the last time OPEC lowered production??

[ca18det_boy]

uh, 96?

[Cold_Zero]

Here are some legitimate reasons for higher gas prices:1. Domestic consumption. As SmithSR pointed out, the beginning of summer marks the rise in higher gas prices. This is due to a higher demand for fuel for summer activities (vacations and travel). With the popular trends of driving big cars and SUV’s that get horrible gas mileage the demand for gas in the past 20 years has skyrocketed. 2. Emerging markets. With increased consumption in countries like China and India the world demand has increased. The rise in standard of livings and movement of people to urban areas has also caused a rise in automobile use. You will start to see this more of an issue in the future.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/highlights.html

3. World demand. Demand for petroleum to make all sorts of products have historically been on the rise. Unrestricted consumption levels with out conservation measures have historically lead to higher gas prices.4. Reformulation of gas. Reformulated types of fuels decrease fuel efficiency by 2-3% and cost more to produce. This is one of the reasons why gas prices are so high in California. Also, during the spring months, refineries switch over from making winter fuels (reformulated gas blends) to summer fuels. Typically the refineries can not keep up with the demand of fuel consumption in the US when this switch takes place. 5. Infrastructure. The infrastructure that produces gas in domestic refineries and ships it to all of the gas stations is antiquated. Each year there are always stories in the news about gas lines breaking, refineries catching on fire or breaking-down. The infrastructure in the United States does not have the ability to increase refinement of crude oil into gasoline at a moments notice to keep fluctuation of gas prices from happening. 6. OPEC. And yes, production (output) levels dictated by OPEC help to decrease gas prices or cause them to rise on speculation of crude oil commodities. One of the reasons why, when gas prices go up drastically, the President of the United States meets with members of OPEC to try and sway them to increase oil production. Even if OPEC does not decrease crude oil output, but keeps the production levels the same the US and the World will still have a problem of higher gas prices. Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush have all done this. This is not a new problem that caused by GW's popularity.

7. World unrest. World unrest in countries like Venezula, Nigeria, Kuwait (Iraqi destruction of oil wells) and Iraq have all contributed to unstable crude oil prices.

The reason why I dismissed your Arabic Conspircy as to leading to higher gas prices is because OPEC crude oil production levels have always been an issue regardless of the President that is in the White House. It is not an OPEC vs. the US issue. It is in OPEC's best interest to keep gas prices from spiking up or down. There are issues that they experience that dont always work to OUR best interest. But as I have pointed out, OPEC and the US have never really seen eye to eye on crude oil production levels. Your logic is tat-amount to saying that Milk Prices have grown in the United States because the State of Wisconsin is pissed at George Bush.

[laylu]

i agree with the fact that yes summer is coming, and during that time and holiday times through out the year prices go up, also if you notice, im sure lots of you purchase alot of the major groceries going into your homes, that inflation is occuring, milk has already gone up 20 cents, and this is just one of the major food/drink items purchased, if you also notice cases of pop are rising, so it isnt just gas that is rising, its just the most obvious with the news

take last year for instance, before we left to go on vaccation for the 4th gas was like oh $1.50 if that, by the time we got back home, which only 4 days later, gas jumped 20+ cents, and we drove the whole time, but within a week of being back gas dropped back down

cost of living is going up, inflation is hitting us hard, but come election time it will flucutate tremendously, this is just some trends i have noticed in my short life time of 26 years, 8 of which being married, 10 of which i have been driving, and most of which hearing people, myself included, whine about cost of living going up, its life...

Holly

[VimyJ]

Oil has cracked the $40/b mark and that level is now being regarded as the new floor benchmark. OPEC is unable to increase production to meet demand. Only Kuwait and Saudi are said to have spare capacity but there are questions even there. It is believed that Saudi production has begun to fall off. If they pump their wells too hard it ruins the feilds and even the Saudi estimates of their reserves are more political than actual.

There is an uncertainty premium that has also entered into the price because of the actions of a certain world leader. AQ is apparently active in W. Africa. Venezuela cannot even reach its OPEC production quota.

The world will reach peak oil production sometime between 2010 and 2020. After peak oil is reached production will begin to fall off sharply.

We will not run out of oil but the cheap oil is gone. Why do you think we're in Iraq? WMD? Right. Sure we are.

BTW, estimates of the contentious Anwr, Alaska oil fields are 9 billion barrels. Iraq has 112 billion barrel proven reserves.

[VimyJ]

Gas here is $2.24 for premium.

[Chingon]

2.09 for premium in el paso tx....unheard of....

I'm switching to lpg....

[SmithSR]

-a gallon of Mountain Dew costs more than a gallon of gasoline

-a gallon of Milk costs more than a gallon of gasoline

-a gallon of Aquafina purified water costs more than a gallon of gasoline

You'll be hard pressed to compare any consumer good by volume and have it cost less than a gallon of premium gasoline.

[Chingon]

a gallon of gasoline will not keep you alive... Unless driving is your life...

[Cold_Zero]

Good stuff SmrithSR.

I guess what pisses me off, is the constant fluctuation of gasoline prices at the pump. In a day, prices will change around 3 times.

It is almost as they get wind of what others are charging and jack their prices up. (I have no proof that this is why they do it). Really, the price of gasoline at the pump should fluctuation so rapidly. The material has already been refined and delivered.

[Tino]

way to got damn ****in much motger****in outrageous hor****!!!!!!!!!!!

[TachyonS14]

Today I saw on the news it hit $3 bucks a gallon In malibu. In riverside it's about $2.40 for freakin cruddy 91.